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🌱 What the Ozark Materials plant shutdown means for Greenville workers.

Greenville, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

What's up Greenville! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the Ozark Materials plant shutdown means for Greenville workers.
  • How Greenville’s hospital fits into Alabama’s H-1B healthcare hiring.

Also on today's calendar: McKenzie at Greenville.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 78, low: 70.
  • Monday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Factory Fallout: Manufacturing layoffs from Volkswagen, Sunlite Plastics and more (plantservices.com) — A manufacturing plant in Greenville operated by Ozark Materials, a PPG Industries company, is shutting down on November 30 and will lay off 52 workers as part of a corporate reorganization. The closure is one of several factory cutbacks nationwide, underscoring broader manufacturing pressures that could affect local jobs, family finances, and related businesses in and around Greenville.
   

• H-1B Insights: Employers classified under the Health Care and Social Assistance industry file 180 petitions in Alabama throughout 2025 (yellowhammertimes.com) — Alabama health care and social assistance employers filed 180 H-1B visa petitions in 2025, with a 97.2% approval rate, and Greenville’s Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama appears among the petitioning organizations. For Greenville residents, this signals how local hospitals and clinics may rely on highly skilled international professionals to fill staffing gaps and sustain medical services in the region.
   

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  • Governor Ivey Announces Additional Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program Grants Totaling Nearly $55 Million (alabama.gov)

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Ok Greenville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Greenville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Greenville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.